10 memorable moments from Super Bowl halftime shows

The Super Bowl halftime show used to be a time when viewers around the world would reload their nacho/wing plates and make their pit stops, hopefully not simultaneously. Now, though, the halftime show has established itself as must-watch; more people watched last year's show with Madonna than watched the actual game. To keep the world's attention, you've got to bring some serious game. Here are the 10 most impressive moments from a half-century of halftime shows. Hold onto your wardrobes. – By Jay Busbee

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4. Aerosmith/Britney Spears/N'Sync/Mary J. Blige/Nelly (Super Bowl XXXV, 2001): Here's the tipping point in Super Bowl halftime shows, the more-is-more, over-the-top blowout buffet with a little something for everyone. The whipsaw genre shifts were bad enough, but all of America grew a little queasy at Steven Tyler sleazing it up with a half-his-age Britney Spears on "Walk This Way” while her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake looked on.
4. Aerosmith/Britney Spears/N'Sync/Mary J. Blige/Nelly (Super Bowl XXXV, 2001): Here's the tipping point in Super Bowl halftime shows, the more-is-more, over-the-top blowout buffet with a little something for everyone. The whipsaw genre shifts were bad enough, but all of America grew a little queasy at Steven Tyler sleazing it up with a half-his-age Britney Spears on "Walk This Way” while her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake looked on.